I think the silliest thing I own must be an avocado slicer! It is a contraption who’s sole use is to slice avocados! I never thought I would be the sort of person to own a tool like this, yet I even bought it myself! It wasn’t even a gift!!

magnetic pipetman holders (Those hand-held devices scientists use in the lab to manipulate minute amounts [microliters] of solutions and DNA and RNA, etc are called pipetmen. The magnetic holders are used to hang them up so they are not in the way when not in use. the holders also hold large kitchen utensils, like ladles and tongs, really nicely, especially if you have one of those IKEA kicthens with the metal backing. Who knew?!)

Silliest thing in my kitchen is my pug Milo. He doesn’t even like salmon, but he’ll sit there… Staring, licking those big lips, drool rolling down the side of his mouth. He’ll follow me as I carry the food to the dining table with huge saucer like eyes. I give him a chance to sniff the food and he turns away in disgust and trots off to take a nap.

witch toad. it’s a round ceramic toad. with a witch hat. with a star hanging off the tip. one Halloween he was put in the kitchen and he has lived there for years and years. he just sorta belongs in the kitchen. cauldron boil and cauldron bubble perhaps?

The silliest thing in my kitchen would be a mini pink color rolling pin and some plastic tea cups from my daughter’s play-kitchen. I use the pin for small jobs…and I have no idea how the plastic tea cups got into my kitchen!

I have a weakness for Fred products and have several items like the Cakewich, Cool Shooters, Dead Fred, and many more, but probably the silliest one in the kitchen is me when I am concocting new desserts to take to my favorite taste testers at work!

I have a 1/3 teaspoon measuring spoon that was my grandmother’s. She’s long lost the others in the set. I have no use for it either. So it will sleep in the drawer till someone find it and shows excitement.

Aside from the fact that I don’t have a whisk in my kitchen… the silliest thing is probably the bartender’s jigger which I use just as much in my cooking as I do behind the bar. Also, the freezer which is stocked only with ice and glassware!

I don’t have anything silly in my kitchen it’s a very serious place. I guess the handheld blender thing I got from an infomercial 10+ years ago? It’s not really all that silly in itself but it was from an infomercial.

I have a rubber rat (the squeaky kind) signed by Anne Rice (author of Interview with a Vamptire) that lives in the cupboard. I felt he was lonely, so later he got a sibling: a plastic lobster (also squeaky) signed by Alton Brown (writer/director/producer of Good Eats). The lobster isn’t of much practical use other than keeping the rat company, but the rat is a great twist-top beer bottle opener.

The silliest thing in my kitchen is the kitchen table — it’s barely being held together by about 2 screws at this point, and is VERY likely to say hahahaahahrhrhahahahahlaughaulghalgu, there goes your soup to the ground, sorry ‘bout my legs! Insanity.

No word of a lie, kangaroo testicle bottle opener. I purchase quite the collection of these to bring back from the land down under for friends and family. Obviously had to keep one to myself. Unfortunately my fiance has other plans, so the openers days in the kitchen are most likely limited.. garbage day is quickly approaching.

Anything in my kitchen that has a face…products, photos on the fridge, etc. has googly eyes on it. And sometimes faceless items become alive with googly eyes too. The silliest is probably the family of unicorns with googly eyes that adorn my kitchen table. Seriously, if you want to brighten your day get some googly eyes up in there.

The silliest thing in my kitchen is either my ninja bread men cookie cutters or the full size chicken holding a small chalkboard. Also have a chicken whose tail is made of measuring spoons. My MIL has a great sense of humor when it comes to giving me Christmas gifts!

It’s not utensils, but I made Turkey Sushi after Thanksgiving. tried and failed with mashed potatoes instead of rice… so rice, turkey, relish, greenbeans, sweet potato. It was a break from the turkey soup and mush bowl I was used to.

My last roommate left what is essentially a human-sized cat toy he made out of yarn hanging in the kitchen. While you’re waiting for something to finish cooking, or water to boil, or just talking to a friend, you can just absent-mindedly bat at it. I took it down when he moved out, but I realized how much I missed it and put it back up a week later.

A toothpick holder/voodoo man from Fred (of course). I got it to vent my frustration while cheating on one boyfriend with another. I think the chants I used to do with the toothpicks helped me get that cheater thing out of my system.

(Kidding about the chants. Did get the sowing of oats out of my system though)